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| - I feel very lucky to have found Sushi Takashi, somewhat randomly selecting it based on a few Yelp reviews. We were visiting from out of town (everyone flying in from coast to coast) and I needed a family reunion dinner venue (11 people total - my older parents, two siblings, and four little nieces and nephews, one of whom has severe food allergies to nuts, gluten/wheat, soy, dairy, etc.). I selected Sushi Takashi simply because it was Japanese-owned and could accommodate a larger party, and because it was a range of ages, I wanted something family-friendly but not too touristy - i.e., not a Nobu or Sushi Samba, but not a Benihana.
The Sushi Takashi staff were SO accommodating and attentive, even though my family was "That Party" with all these random demands and being pretty high maintenance :-) Constant attention to our table by 3-4 different servers, our water glasses were never empty, we kept asking to order extra things (we were hungrier than we thought), and everything was extremely fresh, including the large sashimi platter. My sister and I joked that we thought even the water tasted better than normal, and our server ended up informing us that the restaurant spends several hundred dollars a month on a special water filtering system - our taste buds were right!
We ended up going to Sushi Takashi two of our three nights in Las Vegas, and even on the one night that we ate a nearby Chinese restaurant, we made a special third trip back to Sushi Takashi to pick up a meal for my niece - the Chinese restaurant could not accommodate her food allergies, and she was crazy about the grilled salmon that Sushi Takashi specially prepared for her, so she was thrilled to eat it three nights in a row!
Mr. Takashi himself held court behind the sushi bar and couldn't be nicer - he spoke Japanese with my mother, and both nights he sent over complimentary miso soups, a turnip and butternut squash soup (truly delicious), and a sashimi/ceviche-style platter for our large group.
Thank you so much for your wonderful hospitality, Sushi Takashi, and my family has already decided this will be our go-to place whenever we come to Las Vegas.
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